PETER SAGAL, HOST:
Now onto our final game, Lightning Fill in the Blank. Each of our players will have sixty seconds in which to answer as many fill in the blank questions as he or she can. Each correct answer now worth two points. Carl, can you give us the scores?
CARL KASELL: Brian Babylon has the lead, Peter. He has four points. Paula Poundstone has three. Maz Jobrani, two.
SAGAL: All right, Maz, you're in third place. You're up first. The clock will start when I begin your first question. Fill in the blank.
Illinois representative Bobby Rush was asked to leave the House floor Wednesday for wearing a blank in support of Trayvon Martin.
MAZ JOBRANI: Hoodie.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: Arab leaders held a summit Thursday to discuss whether to back Kofi Annan's plan to end violence in blank.
JOBRANI: Syria.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: A JetBlue airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday after the blank had a meltdown.
JOBRANI: Pilot.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: Although it has no chance of passing the Senate, on Thursday the house passed the GOP leadership's blank plan.
JOBRANI: The economic, the...
SAGAL: The?
JOBRANI: The budget.
SAGAL: Yes, thank you.
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SAGAL: A delivery of medical marijuana was stolen in California this week by a pair of blank.
JOBRANI: Pair of shoes.
SAGAL: Pair of ninjas.
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SAGAL: On Tuesday...
JOBRANI: It was marijuana, it could have been shoes.
SAGAL: That's true. On Tuesday, a group that includes former Lakers star Magic Johnson bought the blank for 2 billion dollars.
JOBRANI: Dodgers.
SAGAL: Yes.
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SAGAL: A Colorado woman is recovering after a man shot at her when he thought blank.
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JOBRANI: When he thought she was an enemy of the state.
SAGAL: No, when he thought that her hairdo was a bird.
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SAGAL: There is bad hair day, and then there is this. The man thought the woman's hairstyle was the bird he'd seen harassing his cats, so he decided to take care of it with his gun. To be fair, she had a red Mohawk, which has the word hawk in it.
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SAGAL: Carl, how did Maz do on our quiz?
KASELL: He had five correct answers, for ten more points. And Maz now has twelve points and the lead.
SAGAL: All right then, well done.
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SAGAL: All right, Paula, you're up next. Please fill in the blank. As part of his tour of Latin American, on Wednesday blank met with Fidel Castro.
PAULA POUNDSTONE: The pope.
SAGAL: Yes.
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SAGAL: This week the US paid 860 thousand dollars to the families of villagers killed by a rogue solider in blank.
POUNDSTONE: Afghanistan.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: This week an independent labor audit of the Chinese factories which make blank products found multiple violations.
POUNDSTONE: Apple.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: In danger of strangulation, a two year old British Basset Hound named George saved his own life by blanking.
POUNDSTONE: Calling the police.
SAGAL: Yes, he did. He dialed 911 or 999 in Britain.
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SAGAL: On Monday, Tennis star Martina Navratilova became the first star eliminated on this season's blank.
POUNDSTONE: "Dancing with the Stars."
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: After Nike sued, Reebok has been temporarily blocked from selling any New York Jets related merchandise with the name blank on it.
POUNDSTONE: Tebow.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: Video posted online this week shows a Canadian man arrested for DUI being driven in the back of a squad car blanking.
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POUNDSTONE: Drinking.
SAGAL: No, singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" in its entirety.
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POUNDSTONE: All right.
JOBRANI: That's awesome. That's awesome.
SAGAL: You have the right to remain silent, but not the obligation.
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SAGAL: The next time you're arrested and thrown in the back of a cruise car, make like this a drunk Canadian and spend the 6 minute ride to the police station doing this.
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SAGAL: Honestly, if I'm not mistaken, this was how Justin Bieber was discovered.
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SAGAL: We expect big things for drunk Canadian guy.
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SAGAL: Carl, how did Paula do on our quiz?
KASELL: Paula had six correct answers, for twelve more points. She now has fifteen points and Paula has the lead.
SAGAL: All right.
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SAGAL: How many does Brian need to win?
KASELL: Six correct answers.
SAGAL: All right, here we go, Brian, this is for the game. Fill in the blank. Last weekend, former Vice President blank underwent heart transplant surgery.
BRIAN BABYLON: Cheney.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: Arriving in South Korea for a global nuclear security summit, last Sunday blank spent time viewing the Demilitarized zone.
BABYLON: Hillary Clinton.
SAGAL: No, President Obama.
BABYLON: Man.
SAGAL: Governor John Hickenlooper suspended prescribed burns after wildfires blazed out of control in blank.
BABYLON: Colorado.
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: This week Senator Marco Rubio and President George HW Bush announced they were endorsing blank for president.
BABYLON: Mitt Romney.
SAGAL: Yeah.
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SAGAL: In a speech in Iowa, Vice President Joe Biden meant to thank one Dr. Theresa Paper but instead said blank.
BABYLON: Paper rock scissors.
SAGAL: No.
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SAGAL: Said thank you, Dr. Pepper.
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SAGAL: A new study by the Centers for Disease control this week showed that the number of children diagnosed with blank is rising.
BABYLON: Asthma.
SAGAL: Autism. Making 155 million dollars on its opening weekend, the movie blank had the third highest domestic debut of all time.
BABYLON: "Hunger Games."
SAGAL: Right.
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SAGAL: Britain's Queen Elizabeth made headlines this week when she blanked in Manchester.
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BABYLON: Fainted.
SAGAL: No, when she crashed a wedding. John and Frances Canning were just finishing up their nuptials at Manchester Town Hall when who should walk in but Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. They were hungry. They wanted some free food.
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SAGAL: In town on official Queen business, the royals let down their hair, chatting with the bride and groom and posed for photographs with delighted guests. The whole scene was simply charming until Prince Philip was spotted stuffing canapés down his pants.
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SAGAL: Carl, did Brian do well enough to win?
KASELL: He needed six correct answers, but Brian had just four correct answers. So with fifteen points, Paula Poundstone is this week's champion.
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SAGAL: Hey. Well done.
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